With the COVID-19 pandemic yet to be brought under control, the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby (G1) will be contested behind closed doors, without fans, Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) announced Friday. The track had made lengthy efforts […]
It feels like an alternate universe to say that the Triple Crown starts with the 1 1/8-mile Belmont S. (G1) on Saturday, instead of its concluding the series as a 1 1/2-mile “Test of the […]
Just two weeks after British racing resumed from its COVID-19 cocoon, Royal Ascot goes on as scheduled with its five-day run Tuesday through Saturday. Here are the principal storylines: 1. Royal Ascot in the time […]
The 2020 Preakness (G1) will be contested at Pimlico on Oct. 3, four weeks after the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby (G1). Belinda Stronach and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made the proclamation on Saturday afternoon, during the NBC […]
You might say that Friday’s card at Santa Anita is a tale of two comebacks. While the track is officially cleared to resume racing, without spectators, for the first time since the COVID-19 clampdown of […]
Trainer Mark Casse still plans to send Preakness (G1) hero War of Will onto the turf for his 2020 debut, but that’s likely to come later and at a different venue than first thought. Instead […]
Live racing will return to Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 16, five days after the backstretch opens, track officials announced Thursday. Following opening weekend, the regular racing schedule will be Thursdays through Sundays, plus a […]
The 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1) is postponed until Sept. 5, but the first Saturday in May will still be observed with Churchill Downs offering daylong festivities for fans at home, highlighted by a virtual clash […]
After the Kentucky Derby (G1) was transferred to the first Saturday in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March 30 deadline for late nominations to the Triple Crown lost its urgency. Thus racing officials […]
Santa Anita has become the latest track to cancel racing due to the novel coronavirus. Prompted by local authorities, the track announced the decision early Friday afternoon: In accordance with instructions received from Los Angeles […]
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